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they live together. The college of the 

 Francifcan friars is likewife fpacious, and 

 has good walls, but it is not fo magnificent 

 as the former. The college of the Jefuits 

 is fmall, but well built, To each of thefe 

 threebuildings areannexed finelar^egarden?, 

 for the amufement, health, and ufe of the 

 communities to which they belong. Some 

 of the houfes in the town are built of ftone, 

 but moft of them are of timber, though 

 very neatly built. Each of the better fort 

 of houfes has a door towards the ftreet, 

 with a feat on each fide of it, for amufe- 

 ment and recreation in the morning and 

 evening. The long ftreets are broad and 

 ftrait, and divided at right angles by the 

 fhort ones : fome are paved, but moil of 

 them very uneven. The gates of the town 

 are numerous ; on the eaft fide of the town 

 towards the river are five, two great and 

 three leffer ones ; and on the other fide are 

 likewife feveral. The governor-general of 

 Canada, when he is at Montreal, refides in 

 the caftle, which the government hires for 

 that purpofe of the family of Vaudreuil \ 

 but the governor of Montreal is obliged 

 to buy or hire a houfe in town ; though 

 I was told, that the government contribut- 

 ed towards paying the rents. 



IN the town is a Nunnery, and without 



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